Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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At the bookstore, ca feteria, Hardees, or Registration Lines! Lines! Beginning a semester means one thing and one thing only to a great number of people. It generates a fear that far outweighs the troubles of studying, not getting enough sleeping, and find- ing the perfect mate. This problem makes all the rest seem rather petty in comparison. For what person in his or her right mind really enjoys doing this. None. We are talking about a terrible curse that has pressed college students for years. The name of this terrible experience: STANDING IN LINE.! Just the thought of this mind-sapping, emotion-wrought expe- rience can turn the toughest linebacker into jello soup. Having to wait hour after boring hour to buy three books that probably will never even be opened can send chills down the backs of most people, and may result in total paralysis in others Consider this. If you attend ISU for four years and live on campus the whole time, your Iine-standing time breaks down as follows: 1. Eight tone each semestert, 30 to 60 minute waits in the registration iine. Add another hour for each semester you are encumbered. 2. Eight, one to two hour sessions buying books at the bookstore. 3. Eight more the same length if you sell them back. 4. Four, 30+ minutes sessions waiting to buy a parking tag. 5. Over 1,200, 30+ minute sessions waiting for food in the cafeteria. The Total: over 650 hours just spent standing in line. This of course doesn't include any additional time spent waiting to do laundry. And who in their right mind would eat that many meals in the cafeteria. These figures are only estimates. They also don't take into account the fact that many people spend more than four years here. Four years of college at ISU probably doesnit differ too great- ly from any other university in the country in the way these figures work. In fact at a larger institution, the figures are proba- bly greater. ISU does have a lot of things to offer students. The programs are good and can start almost anyone off on a career. But what is the one thing ISU teaches you above everything else? Patience. The line forms to the rear. By Robert L. Flott a a Larry Wells Opposite page: A familiar scene at the beginning of the school year, Top: waiting to get into the bookstore, and Bottom: waiting to pay for your books. Above: Nancy Ledgewood has that dazed look which comes from standing in line. Standing in line 21

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Brian Wesle y 22 Student life h The diary of a parking ticket ISU students working for Safety and Security hbove and opposite topJ le our tickets. Opposite middle: The dreaded parking sticker. Bottom: Have to pay the piper! u